10 Lightweight and Minimal CSS Frameworks

The CSS framework should be based on your current web design projects complexity and functionality requirements, and not be based only on a personal preference, as most web designers tend to do. In this post, we collected 10 lightweight and minimal CSS frameworks. Enjoy!

A fixed layout, based on the 960.gs, but with a twist in its philosophy to make it more flexible and faster to play with boxes. It has only a 12 column grid, with the columns having 10px margin on each side, making a 20px gutter – giving some breathe between boxes.Source

A simple CSS frameworks, based on the printed layout techniques of 4 columns but with the capability to offer unlimited column combinations and capacity to make elastic, fixed or liquid layouts easily.Source

Works just like any other grid system, but with only about 10 lines of CSS and has its main focus on typography. The idea behind this project is to provide a solid, yet minimal, base to start every development project.Source

A simple CSS framework based on 35 equal-width columns. You can use the grid in a variety of columns: 18, 12, 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, with the total width of the grid is 994px – which the majority of modern monitors will support.Source